FIVE

Hana suddenly woke up in the middle of the night when she felt the urge to pee. The bed next to her is empty.

'Where did Kyunghee go?' Hana thought curiously. However, because she couldn't bear to go to the toilet, she finally chose to put Kyunghee aside and immediately went to the toilet.

After urinating, Hana intends to look for Kyunghee in his study. Maybe Kyunghee fell asleep there, so Hana decided to find Kyunghee and wake him up so the man could sleep comfortably in his room. Unintentionally, before she walked through the door, her eyes saw the torn image of Haekyo that she had not yet had time to put together. Without thinking, Hana immediately took the picture and intended to ask Kyunghee for plaster later.

One by one Hana descended the stairs to the downstair. Down below it looked so lonely and quiet. All the maids who had been passing by seemed to have fallen into their respective dreamland. From a distance Hana saw a door with a dark brown paint color with a light that was still brightly lit. Without thinking, Hana immediately assumed that it was Kyunghee's den because all the lights in the house were turned off, and only the lights in that room were brightly lit. The brown door opened slowly.

However, Hana suddenly felt surprised because it turned out that the room was not Kyunghee's study, but Haekyo's bedroom. Still feeling shocked, Hana started trying to normalize her nervousness. Luckily Lee Haekyo didn't wake up when she opened the door to the man's room. But still, she was nervous now. She saw the entire contents of Haekyo's room which was very neat and orderly. Inside, there were a lot of Haekyo's hand scribbles in the form of abstract images pasted around the clean white wall. Suddenly curiosity tickled Hana's heart and prompted the woman to go deeper into her brother-in-law's room.

Hana looked at the first picture pasted near the door. In the picture, a stickman is seen standing stiffly while looking forward. Don't know what Haekyo's purpose in drawing the stickman was, Hana didn't understand. Then Hana saw another picture of Haekyo. Almost all of the pictures contain stickman images, but with various poses. Then Hana saw the piece of paper that Kyunghee tore off. In the piece of paper, Haekyo also made a picture of two stickmen who just got married. Hana feels touched now. She picked up a plaster that was lying on the wooden table beside Haekyo's bed. Then slowly Hana began to put the pieces of paper together until now the picture became whole again.

After finishing, Hana plans to go out and look for Kyunghee's den, because it turns out that she entered the wrong room. Suddenly Hana was startled by the sound of Haekyo waking up from his sleep.

"Ha- Hana." Haekyo stammered while rubbing his eyes.

Hana froze on the spot now, because she felt nervous and was caught in the act of entering her brother-in-law's room. Hana turned her body stiffly while greeting Haekyo casually.

"H-Hey."

Suddenly Hana's voice became as stuttering as Haekyo's, making Haekyo laugh out loud while looking at Hana's face.

"You're getting stuttered," said Haekyo still laughing.

Hana furrowed her brows in annoyance. Feeling played by a strange person in front of her.

"What? I was just nervous because I had entered the wrong room.” Hana replied curtly. She was annoyed now. Even though she had been thinking all kinds of things since earlier, she was actually laughed at by a strange man.

"Ah, I'm hungry."

Suddenly the man said something outside the context of their conversation. Hana furrowed her brow in surprise. However, a second later Hana could understand it. An embittered man will turn into a five-year-old child psychologically. So, he will say all the wishes that come to his mind if he wants it.

"You hungry? Hmm, do you want me to make you something? How about we drink hot chocolate in the kitchen. I think hot chocolate can relieve hunger and make us sleep soundly. How?"

Haekyo nodded enthusiastically and immediately jumped off the bed like a five year old child. Then the man took Hana as he held his mother and immediately dragged Hana to the kitchen.

“Oppa, you tripped me up.” Hanna mumbled softly. Afraid to wake up the whole house resident with their excitement. However Haekyo didn't care and kept dragging her to the kitchen.

When she was in the kitchen, Hana immediately walked through the wall looking for a light switch. But before she could find the light switch, suddenly all the kitchen lights flashed brightly. When Im Hana turned to look at Haekyo, the man was standing next to the light switch, grinning a little at Hana.

"Ah, I know where the light switch is." Haekyo said with a sweet smile.

Hana who was still groping the wall at that time, couldn't help but blush. She felt so stupid now. She should have asked the owner of the house from the start.

"Haha, sorry. I forget.” Hana said with a shy smile.

Haekyo walked with limp steps to the stool and tried to lift him up the chair. However, unfortunately he seemed to have a hard time balancing his body and his pedestal, so that when he was about to climb the stool, Haekyo almost fell. But quickly, Hana grabbed Haekyo's body and held the man's arm, until finally Haekyo was able to stay in his position without falling on the floor.

"Aa I can't sit here." Haekyo said in an innocent tone.

Hana smiled gently at Haekyo and told him to stand up first before he helped the man to climb onto a fairly high pantry chair.

"Okay, now oppa can go up. I'll hold this pantry chair." Hana said softly as she put her hands on the right and left side of the pantry chair.

Then Lee Haekyo immediately got up and landed his butt smoothly on the chair. The man clapped his hands playfully and burst out laughing afterward.

"I'm a stu-stupid aren't I?" he asked in a joking tone.

There was no hint of sadness in him at all, making Hana feel sorry for the man's condition.

"Oh, you're not stupid. Maybe you should learn it harder." Hana said soothingly.

The woman started to prepare the glass and the milk. Then she turned on the stove and poured the cold milk over the stainless steel pot. After that she started looking for cocoa powder among the shelves of the kitchen set there. For a long time she searched for the cocoa powder, Hana couldn't find it either. The woman began to sigh in resignation and would try to give Haekyo an understanding if tonight maybe they would just drink a glass of warm vanilla milk without cocoa powder. But without saying any words, suddenly Lee Haekyo had already handed Hana a packet of cocoa powder. Even after giving it to Hana, Haekyo didn't say anything to Hana, and immediately sat back on the pantry chair sweetly.

"Where did you get this from?" Hana asked in disbelief. Between admiration and feeling stupid. Again she felt less intelligent than a man with a mental disability.

"Ah, I asked Aunt Nam for it."

"You woke up Aunt Nam?" Hana asked surprised. Now she feels bad for Aunt Nam, because he just disturbed the old woman's rest time.

“Nn-no. Aunt Nam hap-happened to be passing by because ss-she was going to the toilet.” Haekyo said indifferently while playing with the fruits in front of him.

The man seemed to be imagining the fruits and considered bananas as ships. Hana shook her head in disbelief at her brother-in-law's miraculous behavior. She really felt the need to study Haekyo's behavior after this.

-00-

Hana placed a glass of warm chocolate in front of Haekyo when she saw the man was getting tired of waiting for her all this time. Haekyo's face immediately brightened after Hana served her hot chocolate. The man inhaled strongly the aroma of hot chocolate that wafted past his sense of smell.

While watching her brother-in-law's silly, Hana began to pull one of the pantry chairs and immediately sat down next to Haekyo. The two humans now looked very compact with their respective glasses.

She stared at her brother-in-law closely. At first glance, Hana feels amazed and fascinated by the figure of Haekyo. From the side the man didn't look like an idiot at all. He looks just as normal as any other guy out there. He has a strong jaw and sexy biceps like what he revealed to Kyunghee. Suddenly Hana thought about the fitness or gym activities that Haekyo might have been doing all this time.

Is he still doing it? Hana thought full of admiration.

Unexpectedly, Haekyo turned his head to the right and immediately met Hana's eyes. The woman felt locked in place with Haekyo's reassuring gaze. However, the moment was soon shattered when Haekyo gave Hana a strange grin. The man showed his empty mug while licking the remaining chocolate milk that was scattered around his lips. Hana who felt uncomfortable with the man's behavior then immediately pulled a piece of tissue from the tissue box and immediately wiped the man's thin lips patiently.

“Oppa, you are like a five year old kid. Learn to act like a grown man,” said Hana like a mother scolding her own child.

Haekyo still only responded with a strange grin typical of himself.

"Ah, I'm enjoying myself now. No matter how good I was in the past, still I can't go back to normal like that.”

Hana shook her head in disbelief at Haekyo. It turned out that he had been frustrated enough with his situation that he didn't want to put too much hope in him.

"Tsk, why did you say that? I will teach oppa if you want to change for the better," said Hana full of promise.

Haekyo looked at Hana full of light and immediately hugged Hana's body tightly.

It made Hana feel nervous about her current position.

“Oppa, you hugged me too tight.” Hannah said softly with a loud thumping in her heart.

The man didn't care at all and still hugged Hana tightly. His part of the hug only means an expression of pleasure, while Hana as a grown woman who already has a husband feels awkward and uncomfortable. She was afraid that someone would see them hugging like this and make them the talk of the whole house resident.

"Thank you Hana. I'm very glad to hear that." The man said it with sincerity in front of Hana, making Hana almost shed tears with emotion.

"Well, now oppa better go back to the room. I think I'm getting sleepy now. I will also return to my room.” Hana said as she cleaned up the rest of the dirty glass and put it in the sink.

Haekyo yawned widely as he spread his arms in the air. After that he immediately walked away to his room with a gait that was so distinctive and funny.

Hana smiled a little behind the man and immediately went to sleep. It seemed she didn't really think about Kyunghee's whereabouts now. Maybe tomorrow morning she will look for Kyunghee again. Now she just wanted to sleep and rest her tired mind.

-00-

Kyunghee raised his head suddenly after he heard the phone ringing loudly beside his head. While gathering his consciousness, Kyunghee immediately grabbed the square object while narrowing his eyes because he was too dazzled by the bright light of the cellphone in his eyes.

After all his consciousness was completely collected, Kyunghee immediately answered the call that came from one of his trusted guys. Apparently a few hours ago he had unknowingly fallen asleep in his den. Maybe if the phone wasn't screaming loudly, Cho Kyunghee wouldn't wake up from his sleep.

"Yes, what is up?" Kyunghee said directly to his interlocutor on the other side.

Kyunghee was so serious about listening to the words spoken by his guys with furrowed brows. One of his ecstasy factories was caught by the police, and now they're all in trouble. The policemen were pointing guns at their guys, so inevitably the guys had to contact Kyunghee on the orders of the policemen. In the end Kyunghee was asked to come to his ecstasy factory to run an investigation by the police.

After closing the phone, Kyunghee immediately slammed the square object onto the table with emotion.

“Fuck!”

The man stepped out of the room with wide, furious strides. He took a jacket and car keys from his closet.

Before he left the room, Cho Kyunghee glanced at his wife who was sleeping peacefully on his bed. Kyunghee then walked over to Hana and gave her a light kiss on the cheek. And without looking back, Cho Kyunghee immediately stepped out towards the front door. He must immediately solve all the problems that befell him. And after this he promised himself, he would make Hana happy and live a life full of love with him. He hopes that, as long as the process towards happiness happens, Hana will continue to wait patiently for him without changing the slightest until the end.